The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel - Don Marquis
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"every time i die it makes me more of a fatalist" Thus proclaims Archy the free verse poet, after he is reincarnated as a cockroach. Generations of readers have delighted in these poems, which first appeared in the newspaper columns of the great American humorist DOn Marquis. The saga revolves around the escapades of Archy (our narrator) and his pal Mehitabel, a streetwise alley cat who was once Cleopatra--and has the morals to prove it. Returned to life as the lowest creatures on the social scale, they prowl the rowdy streets of New York City in the age of jazz, gangsters, and Prohibition. Along the way they encounter mummies, ghosts, and the egocenttric toad Wart Bliggens. For the first time ever, the poems--including many that have never been reprinted--are presented in their original order of publication, with full notes to explain the hectic era they chronicle. No wonder E. B. White called these outrageous satires, which helped inspire Charlotte's Web, "a distinguished work in American letters." źródło opisu: Penguin USA, 2006 źródło okładki: amazon.com
| kategoria | klasyka | ||
| ISBN | 9780143039754 | ||
| data wydania | 2006 (data przybliżona) | ||
| słowa kluczowe | humor, satyra, biały wiersz | ||
| język | angielski | ||
| liczba stron | 346 |
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